Friday, April 10, 2015

Will Team Obama Support the Victims or the Terrorists? Supreme Court Requests U.S. View on Terrorism-Related Judgments Against Iran

Nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian banking assets have been awarded to terrorism victims
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the federal government to weigh in on judgments awarding nearly $2 billion in frozen Iranian banking assets to terrorism victims.
A figure from the Beirut Memorial in Jacksonville, N.C.
The request, made in a brief court order, puts off for now legal efforts to compel payments to more than 1,300 American victims or surviving family members who won civil judgments over several years that held Iran liable for sponsoring terrorist attacks.
The court is considering an appeal by Bank Markazi, Iran’s central bank, which held an interest in the frozen funds. The bank has challenged lower U.S. court rulings that allowed the money to be turned over.
The attacks included the 1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut and the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia.
Khobar Towers Memorial at Eglin Air Force Base, FL
The court judgments are to compensate victims of terrorist attacks Iran’s government sponsored in the past, and are separate from sanctions intended to change Tehran’s future behavior. The high court’s request comes as Iran and six world powers reached a nuclear-framework agreement to deter Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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